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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I thought they had [b]issues with Russia?[/b] Political gurus, your help is appreciated! [/quote]

No - just this morning an NPR reported tried to raise the same possibility in a WAMU interview with an expert on Chechnya.

The NPR reporter posed a question along the lines of: "well, the war in Chechnya sought independence from Russia, so couldn't that have been a possible motive instead of Islamic radicalism?"

NPR's chosen expert quickly shot down that idea, explaining that, during the first war in Chechnya (1994-96) there were elements simply seeking independence from Russia, but after that, the resistance transformed and became purely a muslim extremist group seeking to unite all muslims in the area. They even declared something like a "sultanate or caliphate of the North Caucuses.

IF (and this is an incresingly small "if") the Boston / Chechen suspects were motivated by radical islamic beliefs, one would do well to remember the slaughter of school children in Beslan (good reason to bolster school security - with more than a walkie-talkie & ployester uniform) - and the brutal Moscow theater siege. Question now is: how many other groups like these are already in the US ready to strike? [/quote]

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